The state Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh’s murder charges and described Hill’s conduct toward jurors as inappropriate. The court placed greater emphasis on Hill’s comments to jurors who remained than on her role in removing Juror 785, Myra Crosby, while still noting Hill’s meddling around Crosby’s dismissal. Sealed records left parts of the process unclear. Affidavits cited in the ruling indicated groundwork for Crosby’s removal began two days before the Moselle visit. On Monday, February 27, Hill told Judge Clifton Newman she had seen a Facebook post from Crosby’s ex-husband, Tim Stone, alleging Crosby discussed the case while drinking. That day, Newman also received an anonymous email making similar claims. Hill could not produce the original Facebook post and instead provided an apology post with incorrect identifying details and a profile photo that did not match Crosby’s ex-husband.
"The state Supreme Court's ruling, overturning Murdaugh's murder charges, reveals some details about Hill's interactions with Crosby, accusing her of meddling in events around Juror 785's dismissal, but it puts more weight on Hill's inappropriate comments to the rest of the jurors who remained on the panel than on her role in the removal of the one who didn't. Hill's behavior in both cases was egregious, but, whatever the technical reasons for the court's emphases, her interactions with Crosby almost certainly had the greater impact on the verdict, given that Crosby had strong doubts about Murdaugh's guilt."
"Affidavits cited in the state Supreme Court's ruling show that the groundwork for Myra Crosby's removal had already been prepared two days before the Moselle visit. That morning, Monday, February 27th, Hill informed the judge overseeing the case, Clifton Newman, that she'd seen a Facebook post made by Crosby's ex-husband, Tim Stone, claiming that Crosby had talked about the case while they were out drinking together. That same day, the judge received an e-mail requesting anonymity, also claiming that Crosby had been discussing the case, in this instance with a tenant of Crosby's while Crosby was delivering a fridge."
"Judge Newman asked to see the Facebook post, but Hill was unable to produce it. In its place, Hill produced an apology post in which someone named Timothy Stone, who lived in a different state than Crosby's ex-husband, wrote that he'd deleted an earlier ugly post because he'd been drunk when he wrote it and, in his words, I let Satan control me. In addition to the incorrect name and state, the apology poster's profile photo bore no resemblance to Crosby's actual ex-husband."
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